Digital Music

Adding a synthesizer to your DJ setup is a great way to step up your game. Learn how to DJ with a synthesizer with help from a longtime DJ in this free video clip.

A background music player can be a great way to add some ambiance to your blog. Have a background music player on Tumblr with help from a web and graphic specialist in this free video clip.

You can make a mixed numeral into a decimal and percentage by following a few basic steps. Make a mixed number into a decimal and percentage with help from a high school mathematics tutor in this free…

Both adding and editing a music player on Tumblr is a great way to display some of your favorite tracks for all of your visitors to hear. Find out about adding or editing a music player in Tumblr with…

Developed and maintained by Microsoft, VB -- short for Visual Basic -- is an event-driven programming language and IDE (Integrated Development Environment). It is a very flexible language and can even…

Apple's iTunes music application is used by hundreds of millions of people to play, import and share music and other types of media. While it can be a handy tool, it's not so handy to have the program…

The Nook, produced by Barnes & Noble, is an electronic book reader designed primarily for downloading and reading books from the Internet. Despite its main function as an electronic reader, there…

Epic background music can make your raid or PvP match a whole lot more fun. Setting up Ventrilo to stream music from iTunes is an easy task and takes only a few minutes to configure. However, to…

HDCD stands for High Definition Compatible Digital and refers to a digital processing technique that was originally developed by Pacific Microsonics and subsequently sold to Microsoft. The essential…

Both M4A and M4R are digital audio formats that are used by Apple. While songs sold through the iTunes store are distributed as M4A files, ring tones that can be used on the iPhone are formatted as…

The VZAccess Manager application is a connection manager with an easy-to-use interface. VZAccess Manager is available to download and install from an installation CD that is included with some phones…

XTrap is a tool created with the sole purpose of stopping users from exploiting some games developed by Outspark, such as Fiesta. XTrap is know to scan the entire computer for hacks and bots and kick…

SkreemR and Songbird are two third-party resources you can use to download your favorite songs. SkreemR does not directly offer music for downloading. Instead, it functions as an MP3 search engine…

Stiff-mix countertops are concrete countertops made from a glass-fiber-reinforced concrete, or GFRC, mixed to a high slump. This mix is extremely stiff, and non-pourable. Instead, the concrete is…

The melodies in techno music have their own special style and flavor, especially when compared to other genres. Get tips for making melodies in techno music with help from a keyboard player and music…

Synthesizers and keyboards both have their fair share of advantages and disadvantages when it comes to music. Learn about the benefits of the synthesizer versus the keyboard with help from a keyboard…

Online gamers, conventions and distance learning centers regularly use “Ventrilo” software and servers to enable quick voice communication. The program allows users to specify specific…

The .wap file extension is relatively rare and associated with only a few specialty applications. These include filtered audio files, wireless application browsers for mobile devices and applications…

Pulse code modulation, or PCM, is a digital representation of an analog waveform. PCM is the standard audio format for CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs and all other consumer digital audio products. PCM is…

As a Rhapsody subscriber, you can listen to music using any supported device -- including computers, iPhones, Android phones and BlackBerrys. No matter which device you use, the same things happen to…

The audio CD -- developed jointly by Philips and Sony -- was the first digital medium designed for the consumer market. According to a 2007 BBC News article, in the 25 years following its launch in…

Different techniques reduce the amount of data contained in an audio stream while preserving as much of the fidelity as possible. One such method, joint stereo, reduces the two distinct channels in a…

Fedora, the Linux-based operating system, doesn't natively support the ASX compressed audio file format developed by Microsoft Corporation. Playing ASX files on Fedora requires you to install MPlayer,…

Maintaining a positive and energetic atmosphere in your classroom can help students become stimulated and engaged in learning. One way to do this is to use music in the classroom. Music can help…

Downloading music at the rate of 3 Mbps, or megabits per second, is slow for electronic devices such as computers and mobile phones. The downloading speeds available with certain connection types,…

A WAV rip of an audio CD is a perfect, uncompressed lossless copy of the sound waveform contained on the CD. Ripping a CD to WAV copies all its data, regardless of its aural importance, to a file on…

Stereo audio can make sounds seem to emanate from mid-air. Our ears hear both intensity differences and phase differences in sounds to determine direction. A stereo audio signal exists as two closely…

Marching music stands, also called marching lyres, can be purchased for less than a couple dollars. There are two components to the stand that must be purchased separately. The music lyre must consist…

Many operating systems don't include basic music composition tools that help you create harmonies out of digital instruments. You need to download applications instead, and many of these programs cost…

Those who practice the art of music often have large amounts of sheet music. A way to store that music attractively and in wrinkle-free condition is a wooden sheet music storage cabinet. A cabinet can…

The voice chatting program Ventrilo gives you the ability to play WAV files on your computer and others connected to the same chat server when you press hotkey combinations you define. In this way,…

Music for the tuba and trumpet are written in different keys and different octaves, so you can’t just pick up a sheet of music and play it on your trumpet. Instead, use your transposition skills…

Animoto is a website that allows you to create slideshows and save them as video files. Among other editing tools, Animoto offers you the ability to add audio tracks to your videos. You can add music…

Matlab uses the “wavread” and “wavwrite” functions to add and play .wav sound files in Matlab projects. Although you most often play .wav files individually, there are times…

When you receive a "Maximum Number of Songs Exceeded" error when downloading music on your Instinct S30, it usually means you need to update your phone or the music's file format. In some…

Both FV4 and MP4 are digital video formats. In addition to storing various tracks of media, these formats are encoded with the same compression method. Despite these similarities, F4V and MP4 differ…

The file formats used when recording, reproducing and playing back digital audio have seen rapid development since the 1990s. Formerly, people were limited to only a few formats, the limitations of…

There are many software programs that allow you to move music from your computer to an MP3 player, but not as many that permit moving music to your phone. If you have a V Cast phone, Verizon provides…

If you have an instrument or device designed for digital music with eight pin holes in its MIDI ports, you have an unusual product. Eight-pin MIDI connectors exist, but they might not be very useful…

With Rhapsody, you can purchase and download MP3s to play on a MP3 device, such as a Sony Walkman. Rhapsody provides a download tool on their website for MP3 players, but if the standard method…

Making music that sounds reversed requires a very specific plug-in. Make music sound reversed with help from a producer and musical director in this free video clip.

One of the many things you can do with a sampler is drum beats. Make music with a sampler with help from a producer and musical director in this free video clip.

Sometimes converting compressed audio files into lossless audio file formats in Apple iTunes software can lead to poor sound quality. The only way to correct this issue is to re-encode the track from…

You might think that all WAV audio files are alike, but this is simply not true. The packaging of WAV audio files has become more complex to match the evolving technological needs of today’s…

When music is imported into Windows Media Player, the files may not have the correct album information or may have identification tags that are incorrect. To alleviate this issue, Microsoft has…

Sonar Music Producer is a digital audio workstation designed to edit, record, mix and master music. It runs on Mac and Windows and is commonly used by both amateur and professional music producers. It…

Mixing casting slip is the process through which clay is liquefied with water and other polymer and powder additives to create ceramic pottery items such as teapots. Molds are used for the liquid…

Skullcandy, a Park City, Utah company, markets products to the action sports market. Its earbuds are popular because they have colorful designs and according to reviewers, including CNET, have better…

Transport Stream or .ts files can include multiple audio tracks with different languages or commentary streams. Having multiple audio tracks in a single file can be convenient for some uses, but…

Dubstep is a style of electronica music popularized in Great Britain that has made its way to dance clubs worldwide. Distinctive to dubstep is a strong, repetitive bass line that has been altered by…